These last days before the Cecil Floyd Craft Show, our class has been inundated with tourists. They are all interested in gaining admission to Hoggatt Cave, the cave I discovered in 1996.
Students worked hard, this year, constructing the cave, collecting the bats, and growing crystals. They painted stories on one of the walls and put together crickets and fish for the waterfall. More importantly, they read their parts and memorized a portion of the tour. This week, we presented the cave tour to seven classes of students, as well as to our administrators, Mr. Bozarth and Ms. McCombs.
The cave offers us the opportunity to practice public speaking skills in a unique setting - darkness, with only a flashlight to focus attention in the right direction.
Today it all comes down to make room for tomorrow's big craft event and the thousands of eyes that peer into our classroom in hopes of finding a homemade item they can't live without.
Today it all comes down to make room for tomorrow's big craft event and the thousands of eyes that peer into our classroom in hopes of finding a homemade item they can't live without.
